Ok - I think you are right - the leaking valve was affecting my modulator. I just called the mechanic and he said the revving up before shift means the transmission is slipping. He told me there is a tab on the other part of the linkage with the lever that pulls the shift cable that might have gotten knocked the wrong way.

He also said that I needed to check the fluid level which he topped off. I asked why since I have no visible leaks. He said I could have a bad modulator that was sucking it up into the vacuum line and burning it. I checked the level before he worked on it, and I didn't think it was low enough to add any.

I reminded him that he had checked the modulator and said it was ok. How could that have gone bad so quickly if he checked it last week?

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